crenated
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This rounded summit, and the ridge of Galipano crenated like a wall, are the only objects which in this basin of gneiss and mica-slate impress a peculiar character on the landscape.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
External to and behind the pyramid is the crenated section of the olivary nucleus, the surface bulging of which forms the olivary body.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Shell clouded and spotted with ferrugineous, with transverse elevated ribs; outer lip thick, obtusely crenated; pillar four-plaited.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
Peduncle, lost, but a few scales accidentally adhering to one of the valves, show that they are crenated in the three or four upper whorls.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
